Vehicle jacking structure



Oct. 10, 1939. c, w. RYERsoN VEHICLE JACKING STRUCTURE Original Filed June l0, 1935 2 sheets-sheet' 1 ERE/GH 'T'DN WEYEREDN.,

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Oct. 10, 1939. cv. w. RYERsoN VEHICLE JACKING STRUCTURE Original Filed `June l0, 1935 ZSheets-Sheet 2 CFE/qHT/:N WRYEREDN,

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Patented Oct. 10, 1939 l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE to Ryerson & Hayne Vcorporation of Michi Original application 25,827, now Patent tember 7, 1937.

s, Inc., Jackson, Mich., a gan June 10, 1935, Serial No. No. 2,092,719, dated Sep- Divided and this application September 7, 1937, Serial No. 162,593

3 Claims. (Ci. 251-133) The present invention relates to improvements in jacking attachment structures for automotive vehicles and constitutes an improvement over the patent to Stephen De Orlow, No. 1,994,984 as well asbeing a division of my copending application Serial No. 25,827, led June 10, 1935 patented September 7, 1937, as Patent No. 2,092,719. In applying a jack to the sprung structure` of a vehicle it is considered desirable to rigidly secure if) the jack to the portion of the vehicle with which it engages rather than a mere Contact engagement as has heretofore been common.

According to the present invention the vehicle is equipped with a receiving member which telel-S sccpically engages with a socket on the vehicle lifting part of the jack. An object of the invention, therefore, is to provide means for limiting relative movement between the vehicle lifting jackand the vehicle.

2o Another object of the invention is to provide telescoping means for limiting relative movement between the vehicle lifting jack and the vehicle.

These and other objects will be apparent from the following specification when taken with the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of one embodiment of the invention,

Fig. 2 is a partial plan View of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is an elevation of an embodiment of the invention,

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the jack of Fig. 3,

Fig. 5 is an elevation of another embodiment of the invention, and Y Fig. 6 is a partial end elevation of the embodiment of Fig. 5.

Referring particularly to Fig. 1, the jack is provided with a base I receiving the thrust bar 2. The thrust bar 2 is seated in the base I for oscillatory movement, and may be seated in a manner such as disclosed'in the aforesaid De Orlow patent. The thrust bar 2 is threaded and has mounted on its threads a lifting portion 3, having a casing li, housing actuating mechanism, and a socket 5 for receiving the portions 6 of the jacking attachment pivoted to the vehicle frame. A connection l is provided for receiving a suitable crank for operating the actuating mechanism within the housing l and thus raising or lowering the lifting portion 3 on the thrust bar 2.

Mechanism for raising and lowering the lifting portion 3 is also disclosed in the aforesaid patent and may be used in the present jack. The socket 5 consists of two recesses 5 and 5" on either side of the thrust bar 2. The jack attachment portion 6 comprises two arms spaced at the outer ends, arranged to be received within the two recesses of the socket 5, respectively, as particularly shown in Fig. 2.

The socket 5 preferably extends in a direction parallel to the axis of the thrust bar 2, while the 5 portions S are preferably disposed at an angle to the horizontal. As a result, when the portions 9 are telescopically received in the socket 5, the thrust bar 2 is disposed at an angle to the hori- Zcntal. The advantage of such an arrangement 10 is to overcome any tendency of the vehicle to roll away from the jack. As should be readily understood, when the sprung portion of a vehicle is jacked to a sufficient height to lift a running wheel from the ground, if the initial position of 15 the thrust bar is vertical, the thrust bar will lean toward the vehicle. In this position there is a tendency of the vehicle to roll away from the jack. If, however, at the beginning of the jacking operation the thrust bar is inclined away from 20 the vehicle any tendency of the vehicle to roll away from the jack is overcome. It will be obvious thatpthe same result obtained by inclining portions 6 of the jacking attachment may be obtained by incliningV the socket 5 or by inclining both the jack attachment portions 6 and the socket 5. With the jack in load supporting position, the `thrust bar 2 preferably extends between the body IIl'of the vehicle and the bumper bar I I, the latter being suitably connected to the body I!! by a bumper bracketY I2.

'Ihe portions S are in the form of levers pivotally supported midway between their ends by the offset tabs I3 pivotally supported in the frame i4 by a pin I5. The'two forward ends of the portions 6 inwardly of the vehicle from the piv otal point thereof are bent toward each other and riveted together by rivets I6, as shown in Fig. 2 to provide an inwardly extending hookshaped arm Il. The hook-shaped arm is ar- 40 ranged to cooperate with the spring shackle lil in such a `manner that it hooks over lower shackle lbolt I9. A, spring 2i) connects the inwardly extending hook-shaped arm I'I with the vehicle frame and when the arm Il is not in 45 use prevents it from interfering with the normal operation of the spring 2|, and its shackle I8 and prevents any rattle..

The operation of the embodimentof the invention disclosed in Figs. 1 and 2 is as follows: When 50 it is desired to jack up a wheel of the vehicle, the jack is placed beneath the portions 6, and the lifting portion 3 is moved upwardly by rotating the connection 1 in a suitable manner, as by a detachable crank. As the thrust bar 2 is oscil- 55 latable on its base, it may be tilted until the sockets 5 are in alignment with the portions 6. The lifting portion is then moved upwardly, the portions 6 being telescopically received by the sockets 5 until the wheel is raised from the ground. The initial lifting of the jack carries the portions 5 to pivot about the pin I5, bringing the inwardly extending arm I1 into engagement with the shackle bolt I9. As the sprung structure is lifted, the arm I1 not only prevents inward movement of the shackle I8, but may be designed to also slightly move it outwardly toward the jack. Consequently the sagging of the spring 2l is restrained not only by the preventing of inward movement of the shackle, but also by the actual spring tensioning action resulting from moving the shackle outwardly. However, it is not essential that the shackle be moved outwardly. In practicing the present invention, the arm I1 can function merely as an abutment or stop.

Figs. 3 and 4 disclose another embodiment of the invention. In this embodiment the jacking attachment portion 25 is detachably secured to the frame 25 of the vehicle. The portion 25 is provided with a shoulder 21, from which projects a pin 2B in operative position being fitted into a hole 29 in the frame 2'6. The portion 25 is provided with an inwardly extending hook shaped arm 35 cooperating with the shackle 3l and shackle bolt 32 in the same manner as the embodiment of Figs. l and 2.

The jack shown in Fig. 3 comprises a base I and threaded thrust bar 2 having a housing 33 csntaining a suitable actuating mechanism, and a connection 311 for receiving a crank or other equivalent device for operating the actuating mechanism. The lifting portion 35 of the jack is movable with the housing 33 and comprises a socket 33 which is preferably rectangular and holds the correspondingly shaped projection 31 on the outer end of the attachment portion 25.

The operation of the embodiment disclosed in Figs. 3 and` 4 is as follows: The jacking attachment 25 is rst positioned with the pin 28 engaging With the vehicle frame and the hookshaped arm. 30 engaging the spring shackle 3|. The jack is then connected with the attachment 25 by passing the projection 31 through the socket 3S. Preferably the jack and jacking attachment is so designed to permit the jack to be received between the frame 26 and the bumper bar 66 carried by the mounting bar 45. With the weight oi thevehicle supported through the spring (il, the shackle 3| will assume the position shown in Fig. 3. Operation` of the jack to elevate the housing 33 brings the arm 30 into stressed engagement with the shackle 3l and the hooked shape of the arm 33 prevents the shackle 3I from swinging to the left to limit the sag of the spring 41 as the sprung structure is lifted.

As illustrated the housing 33 and lifting portion 35 in which the socket 36 is defined are integral. There may be provided, if desired, integral with the upper part of the portion 35, an attachment portion comprising a ledge 39 adapted to receive a bar carried by the sprung structure, such as a part of the bumper structure, and

a screw 4U for holding the bar upon the ledge` 39 in a manner similar to that disclosed in the aforesaid patent.

The socket 36, it will be observed, is substantially horizontal and the inward movement of the attachment portion 25 is limited by a shoulder 25. Thus the structure of Figs. 3 and 4 is distinguished from the structure of Figs. l and 2 wherein the sockets 5 and 5" are substantially vertical and the attachment portions 6 are limited in their inward movement by engagement with the bottom of the sockets 5 and 5".

Another embodiment of the invention is disclosed in Figs. 5 and 6. In that embodiment the jack is somewhat similar to that in the embodiment of Figs. 1 and 2, but differs in that the lifting portion 56 has a single recessed socket 51. In

this modification, instead of having a lever or arm engaging the spring shackle, the Spring shackle 53 is provided with an extension 59, the extension comprising the jacking attachment portion, and is telescopically received in the socket 51. The operation of this modification is such that as the lifting portion 5B is moved upwardly the shackle 58 is pivoted outwardly about its upper pivotal point, tensioning the spring 6I] and consequently restraining the tendency of the spring 5I to sag.

Oi the foregoing structures that part relating i' to the restraining of sagging of the vehicle supporting springs is not a part of the present invention and is claimed in my aforesaid copending application Serial No. 25,827, filed June 10, 1935. The present invention relates only to the telescoping connection between the jack and the attachment portion on the vehicle. The speciiic attachment portions shown and described are examples only and other forms of attachment portions within the scope of the claims are contemplated.

For instance, the attachment portion could be secured to the bumper structure or be rigid with the frame.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim is:

i. A vehicle jack adapted to be applied to a jacking attachment portion secured to the vehicle to raise the same comprising a supporting column, an attachment portion raised and lowered upon said column, said attachment portion including an upwardly opening socket for rigidly and telescopically receiving said jacking attachment.

2. A lifting jack adapted to be applied to a jacking attachment portion secured to a vehicle o to raise the same, comprising a supporting column, an attachment portion supported by said column, said attachment portion including means disposed on diametrically opposite sides of said column for rigidly and telescopically receiving said jacking attachment portion.

3. A jack adapted to be applied to a downwardly projecting jacking attachment portion on a vehicle or the like to raise at least a portion of the vehicle, comprising means arranged to b/ J raised and lowered, an upwardly opening socket on said first named means for rigid telescopic engagement with said jacking attachment portions, for restraining the vehicle or the like being raised, from moving away from the jack, and means to raise and lower said first named means.

CREIGHTON W. RYERSON. 

